Design and Numerical Study of the Novel Manifold Header for the Evacuated Tube Solar Collector
The presented paper dealt with the concept of an innovative manifold header for evacuated tube solar collectors. The proposed concept eliminates the drawbacks of conventional manifold headers, especially the serial connection of heat pipes that operate under uneven conditions. The advantage of the p...
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| author | Martin Beer Radim Rybár Michal Cehlár Sergey Zhironkin Peter Sivák |
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| description | The presented paper dealt with the concept of an innovative manifold header for evacuated tube solar collectors. The proposed concept eliminates the drawbacks of conventional manifold headers, especially the serial connection of heat pipes that operate under uneven conditions. The advantage of the proposed design of the manifold header is also an increase in the heat exchange surface and the possibility of conducting the heat transfer media flow in a parallel flow arrangement, which increases the overall efficiency. The concept of the manifold header was evaluated on five variations of design with the use of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The results of the CFD analysis confirmed the functionality of the concept and also enabled the selection of the most suitable design elements, which were incorporated into the final design of a manifold header in the pre-prototype phase of manufacturing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edd2f42c2a464fb8a4eb3176e49e52f12023-11-20T00:20:23ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-05-011310245010.3390/en13102450Design and Numerical Study of the Novel Manifold Header for the Evacuated Tube Solar CollectorMartin Beer0Radim Rybár1Michal Cehlár2Sergey Zhironkin3Peter Sivák4Institute of Earth Sources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Technologies and Geotechnology, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, SlovakiaInstitute of Earth Sources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Technologies and Geotechnology, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, SlovakiaInstitute of Earth Sources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Technologies and Geotechnology, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, SlovakiaInstitute of Trade and Economy, Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny av., 660041 Krasnoyarsk, RussiaInstitute of Earth Sources, Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Technologies and Geotechnology, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, SlovakiaThe presented paper dealt with the concept of an innovative manifold header for evacuated tube solar collectors. The proposed concept eliminates the drawbacks of conventional manifold headers, especially the serial connection of heat pipes that operate under uneven conditions. The advantage of the proposed design of the manifold header is also an increase in the heat exchange surface and the possibility of conducting the heat transfer media flow in a parallel flow arrangement, which increases the overall efficiency. The concept of the manifold header was evaluated on five variations of design with the use of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The results of the CFD analysis confirmed the functionality of the concept and also enabled the selection of the most suitable design elements, which were incorporated into the final design of a manifold header in the pre-prototype phase of manufacturing.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/10/2450evacuated tube solar collectormanifold headerCFD analysis |
| spellingShingle | Martin Beer Radim Rybár Michal Cehlár Sergey Zhironkin Peter Sivák Design and Numerical Study of the Novel Manifold Header for the Evacuated Tube Solar Collector Energies evacuated tube solar collector manifold header CFD analysis |
| title | Design and Numerical Study of the Novel Manifold Header for the Evacuated Tube Solar Collector |
| title_full | Design and Numerical Study of the Novel Manifold Header for the Evacuated Tube Solar Collector |
| title_fullStr | Design and Numerical Study of the Novel Manifold Header for the Evacuated Tube Solar Collector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Numerical Study of the Novel Manifold Header for the Evacuated Tube Solar Collector |
| title_short | Design and Numerical Study of the Novel Manifold Header for the Evacuated Tube Solar Collector |
| title_sort | design and numerical study of the novel manifold header for the evacuated tube solar collector |
| topic | evacuated tube solar collector manifold header CFD analysis |
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